News and Opinions about the Operating System world…

Month: July 2010

Silent, Easily Made Android Rootkit Released At DefCon – Youch. Need a fix for this guys. Microsoft Needs a Tablet Strategy, Not a Tablet (PC World) – Aren’t they really just going to find a decent tablet, already in production, and buy it anyway? Microsoft's Tablet Self-Deception – You run with that Steve. I can … [Read more…]

Samsung Galaxy S to get Android 2.2 in September RIM announces BlackBerry App World 2.0, beta now available iPhone iOS 4 Complaints Could Be Apple’s ‘Vistagate’ (NewsFactor) KDE SC 4.7 May Use OpenGL 3 For Compositing Warning: Five Things to Know Before Switching to Linux (PC World) – While I think it’s a little bit … [Read more…]

Al Franken's Warning On Net Neutrality – While I don’t think this is specifically an operating system matter, this is something I strongly believe in. I try to stay out of politics here if I can, and strongly advocate both Democrats and Replublicans switching to a Linux OS. Will Ballmer Be Replaced As Microsoft CEO? … [Read more…]

Droid X Gets Rooted Chitika: iOS 4 accounts for 50% of iPhone traffic Ten Reasons to Dump Windows and Use Linux (PC World) – The author stopped short of coming up with a full 10, but still a pretty good endorsement. Apple takes top spot in software insecurity report (Christopher Null) – No! Not Apple! … [Read more…]